Changing Your World

The world completely misses the concept of what it means to prosper from a biblical perspective. Unlike what we have become accustomed to, prosperity isn’t defined by material wealth or external success but by a relationship with God and the wholeness that comes from it. Prosperity is a finished work through Jesus Christ, and believers are already blessed with all spiritual blessings. We don’t have to strive for it but simply receive it as a gift.

The world completely misses the concept of what it means to prosper from a biblical perspective. Unlike what we have become accustomed to, prosperity isn’t defined by material wealth or external success but by a relationship with God and the wholeness that comes from it. Prosperity is a finished work through Jesus Christ, and believers are already blessed with all spiritual blessings. We don’t have to strive for it but simply receive it as a gift.

True prosperity isn’t defined by material wealth but by a relational connection with God. This contrasts with transactional relationships—based on performance and reward—with relational relationships rooted in trust, love, and understanding of God's character. Prosperity is wholeness, encompassing peace, purpose, identity, health, finances, and relationships. We’re warned against being driven by mammon, which is the spirit behind money, and encouraged to build boundaries that protect our peace.

God has great plans for our lives, but those plans are blocked when we deceive ourselves. Deceiving ourselves makes us spiritually blind to the truth of a situation; this is something God wants to deliver us from. What was true under the law may no longer be true under grace; we fool ourselves when we think we must live by an outdated covenant. The lies we believe about ourselves neutralize us.

True prosperity isn’t defined by material wealth but by a relational connection with God. This contrasts with transactional relationships—based on performance and reward—with relational relationships rooted in trust, love, and understanding of God's character. Prosperity is wholeness, encompassing peace, purpose, identity, health, finances, and relationships. We’re warned against being driven by mammon, which is the spirit behind money, and encouraged to build boundaries that protect our peace.

We live in a world surrounded by spiritual influences, not all of them good. If we’re not careful, we can fall prey to philosophies that make us feel inferior. The spirit of inferiority isn’t God’s will. When He made mankind, He made men and women in His image and at a level where they could have equal fellowship with Him. Jesus brings equality to everyone, with no distinction; an understanding of who we are in Him banishes all feelings of inferiority.

Equality is a much-used term in the secular world, but in a biblical context, we’re all equal when we’re one in Christ. Being born again makes us new creations, and causes old divisions and distinctions based on race, nationality, or gender to pass away. Being equal doesn’t mean being the same, but being united as one, despite our differences. When Jesus came, He leveled the playing field for everyone.

Equality is a much-used term in the secular world, but in a biblical context, we’re all equal when we’re one in Christ. Being born again makes us new creations, and causes old divisions and distinctions based on race, nationality, or gender to pass away. Being equal doesn’t mean being the same, but being united as one, despite our differences.

We’re living in a time of strife and division, in which inequality between race, gender, and social and economic status is present. This is because the world doesn’t know Jesus Christ, who enables believers to share a common relationship of equality. The enemy has worked hard to divide people by enforcing a spirit of inferiority or superiority; however, in Christ, we’re all equal. Christians can now operate in a stance of victory and demonstrate the equality that has been made available to everyone.

As Christians, we must understand the power of love as demonstrated by Jesus Christ. The debt of love that we owe to others is one we can never completely repay, but is the only way we can show the world God’s nature. Loving our neighbors is a commandment that we can only fulfill when we believe God’s love for us; our faith in this equips us to do what He told us to. Believing that we’re His dearly loved children enables us to be motivated by heartfelt love and compassion.

The devil is attacking us with an all-out onslaught to disrupt our lives and divide the country. Racism, fueled by the spirit of division and magnified by hate, is his strategy. Division is caused by amplifying a difference; however, differences shouldn’t be something to fear, but something to embrace. The answer to this issue is found in Jesus Christ, who went to the cross to erase all divisions between people at all levels. Jesus is love in human form.

When we reconcile with a friend and restore a previously broken relationship, we experience the joy and emotional healing that reconciliation brings; this is especially true when we reconcile with God. In the garden of Eden, mankind’s relationship with God was severed because of sin, but Jesus restored it when He came to earth as a man. We could never be reconciled to God unless we were as sinless as Christ.

When we reconcile with a friend and restore a previously broken relationship, we experience the joy and emotional healing that reconciliation brings; this is especially true when we reconcile with God. In the garden of Eden, mankind’s relationship with God was severed because of sin, but Jesus restored it when He came to earth as a man. We could never be reconciled to God unless we were as sinless as Christ.

When we reconcile with a friend and restore a previously broken relationship, we experience the joy and emotional healing that reconciliation brings; this is especially true when we reconcile with God. In the garden of Eden, mankind’s relationship with God was severed because of sin, but Jesus restored it when He came to earth as a man. We could never be reconciled to God unless we were as sinless as Christ.

As Christians, we must understand the power of love as demonstrated by Jesus Christ. The debt of love that we owe to others is one we can never completely repay, but is the only way we can show the world God’s nature. Loving our neighbors is a commandment that we can only fulfill when we believe God’s love for us; our faith in this equips us to do what He told us to. Believing that we’re His dearly loved children enables us to be motivated by heartfelt love and compassion.